I ilue And Dry Playhouse Theatre, Greenside Place, 557 2590. 7.30pm. £1 1, £10. Greg and Pat follow up the release of Truth And Love, their ﬁrst independent release. For elucidation of some of the subjects which will no doubt be touched on in the songs, Pat will be deliveringa lecture entitled ‘You May Think I‘m A Rock But I‘m A Crumbling Man: Masculinity, Music And Scotland‘ at the Queen‘s Hall on Wednesday 9.

I eeatnllrs To The Bar Gallery Bar (formerly Oblomov‘s), North Bank Street, 220 0054. 9.30pm. Free. Following on from where last year‘s popular ‘Four Beats To The Bar‘ left off, this showcase features singer~songwriters including

I Hugh need And The Velvet Underpants Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 10.30pm. Free. Still going strong, withthe nigh-legendary ‘Six Tae Wan’ and ‘A Walk On The Clyde Side‘, some tribute gigs and a number of truly dreadful puns under their belts. Rare chance to see the humorous Glasgow band on this side of the country.

I The Gods 01 Glam Bertie‘s, Merchant Street, 225 2002. 11pm. Free. Not an actual tribute band along the lines of The Scottish Sex Pistols, but still a band playing tribute to those huge glam riffs of the early 705 — with an Osmonds number or two thrown in for a change of pace.

I The Rankine Family Renfrew Ferry, Clyde Place, 429 2683. 8pm. £6 (£4). Tickets from the Ticket Centre, Candleriggs, 227 5511. First British tour from this Nova Scotia group who are described as a more up-tempo Capercaillic, with a set combining Scottish and Irish Gaelic material.

I Carl Perkins Playhouse Theatre, Greenside Place, 557 2590. 7.30pm. The man who brought the world ‘Blue Suede Shoes‘ and much, much more classic rock‘n‘roll returns to Britain after an absence of four years. The enduring Perkins is joined by 27-year-old Johnny Earl from Exeter, who played Elvis Presley on the West End for two years, that classic vocal harmony group The

J ordonaires and one of the greatest drummers in the history of popular music, D.J . Fontana.

v‘ - i I The Bhundu Boys and Papa's Magic Beard Venue , Calton Road, 557 3073. ‘The only African group that most people have ever heard of‘ welcomed their original bassist Washington Kavhayi back into the fold after losing David Mankaba to Aids last summer. Since then, they have been spreading their musical wings wide, releasing a new version of ‘Radio Africa‘ with Latin Quarter and even recording in Nashville with Don Williams, one of their heroes. The result of all this genre-hopping can only be discovered by catching them here either tonight or tomorrow, or at The Cathouse, Glasgow on Fri 4. Support, Papa‘s Magic Beard, are a highly-rated seven-piece funk band with brass.

I The Silencers Music Box, Victoria Street, 225 2564. Doors open 10pm, band on midnight. £7.50. The first of three nights here for the Scottish band who have found so much success in France — quite rightly, considering the leaps they made on their last LP. In June , they ﬁnished a three-month tour of France sponsored by

the drinks company Ricard, in which they and two other bands played in town squares to around 10,000 people a night, on a collapsible , easily-transported stage. I The Human Family La Belle Angele, Hastie‘s Close , Cowgate (behind 369 Gallery), 225 2774. 9.30pm—4am. No festive occasion seems to be complete these days without The Humpff Family‘s acoustic frenzy. See them and ﬁnd out why the band is one of the most reliable crowd-pleasers in Scotland.

I The Far West and Babel Cafe Royal, West Register Street, 556 1884. 9pm—1am. £2.50. After making their ﬁrst nationalTV appearance on last Wednesday’s Edinburgh Nights, the Edinburgh duo who have already attracted comparisons with The Blue Nile make their long-awaited live debut. Their performance will be complemented by images from projection artist Liz Tainsh, and, incidentally, the short ﬁlm they scored the soundtrack for — The End, starring Stratford Johns and Norman Lovett - was screened at this year‘s Film Festival. Support comes from Babel, whose latest batch of acoustic songs with their new line-up of Alyson Orr, Stef McGlinchey and Beth Lord, is a gentle joy to listen to.

I The McCluskey Drouiers Tron Theatre, Trongate, 552 4267. 8pm. £7, £5. The McCluskeys return with a new LP Favourite Colours and an all-new superstar line-up, including Ted McKenna, ex-Alex Harvey and Womack and Womack, and Campbell Owens, ex-bassist with Aztec Camera.

I The Liberty Cage and Tender Trap King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut, St VincentStreet, 221 5279. 9pm. £4. Formed a while back when The Men They Couldn‘t Hang proved to be not so invincible after all, The Liberty Cage pick up where their forebears left off. Support Tender Trap cite influences as diverse as Jacques Brel and Dexy’s Midnight Runners, making it rather more difﬁcult to anticipate their sound.